Green Home Material Proposals

Custom REScheck Report

The proposal for your home is based upon the sketches we created in the design session of this blog. After narrowing down your choices, send the plans you created off to the companies that passed our test. You can e-mail, mail, fax, or make a visit to the supplier if distance allows.

Go ahead and ask the companies to give you a proposal with the maximum amount of materials and services they can provide for your project, in the style of your choice. The materials, services, and costs will differ from each company. Comparing these quotes will allow you to know the exact cost of certain items and where the major discrepancies may be.

After reviewing your plans most companies offer a 24-48 hour turn around on material and labor proposals. Some can quote for you instantly using custom home estimating software on their computer. Once you get all the proposals you need to compare them side by side. It is time to analyze the timber sizes, house profiles, and timber treatments on an equal playing field. See the example below of how I compare proposals, and then use the blank proposal comparison form to do your own. You can print this form for free from www.Jobe.ws.

Green Home Proposal Analysis

Blue Prints Yes No

Usable Square Footage ________

Rafter Size ________

Post Size ________

Wall Framing Yes No

Wall Insulation Yes No R-Value

Water/Well Yes No

Septic/Sewer Yes No

Wall insulation Yes No

Caulking Yes No

Exterior paint Yes No

Interior paint Yes No

Siding Yes No

Hardware Yes No

Porch System Yes No

Note Timber Sizes for

Posts,

Girders

Rafters

Plates

Post Jacks Yes No

Finish siding for Gable End Yes No

Roof Insulation Yes No R-value? ____

Plywood for Gables Yes No

Plywood for Roof Yes No

Plywood for Shed Dormers Yes No

Plywood for Gable Dormers Yes No

Plywood for Porch Roof Yes No

Gable end framing lumber Yes No

Roofing Felt Yes No

Felt Buttons Yes No

Shingles or Metal Yes No

Windows Yes No

Exterior Doors Yes No

Interior Doors Yes No

Electrical Materials Yes No

Plumbing Materials Yes No

Freight Yes No

Material Offloaded upon delivery Yes No

Other items:

Total Material Package Cost:

Sales Tax:

Total Material Cost:

Installation Yes No

If no, write the uninstalled items below.

If yes, write the installed items below.

Now take one of these forms and work through it for each proposal so you can see what each proposal contains and lacks. You can print additional forms free of charge at my website www.Jobe.ws

It is very possible that some of the proposals contain items that you will not need. For example if you wanted vinyl siding on your gable ends then you may not need the wood siding that several of the companies may have included. If your green home companies have quoted unneeded items ask them to delete these materials from their package. Then go through and complete the previous worksheet once more.